Up

is an example of a Western Australian place with a name that includes the "-up" suffix. -up is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Australian Aboriginal language, in which "-up" means "place of". The suffix "-in" or "-ing" has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar. Places tended to be named after their distinctive features, whereby the place names could be used to create a "mental map" allowing Indigenous Australians to determine where water, food and other raw materials could be found. These sites were often located near sources of fresh water, leading to the common misconception that "up" and "in" mean "near water". The meanings and the pronunciations of many of these names has been lost over time. A number of these places were at one stage named with a suffix "-upp". This was as a result of the Western Australian Lands and Surveys Department adopting a system of spelling Indigenous Australian names devised by the Royal Geographical Society. The system set the pronunciation of consonants as in English and vowels as in Italian. Using this system meant that "up" would be pronounced , whereas the names were meant to be pronounced . The solution was deemed to be that doubling the following consonant would shorten the preceding vowel, thus "upp".…

Up most often refers to the relative direction opposed to down. Up or UP may also refer to: ==Arts and media== ===Film=== Up! (1976 film), a sex comedy by Russ Meyer Up (1984 film), an Oscar-winning short film by Mike Hoover and Tim Huntley Up (2009 film), an animated feature by Disney/Pixar ===Music=== ====Bands==== The Up, a Detroit protopunk band ====Albums==== Up (ABC album), 1989 Up (Right Said Fred album), 1992 Up (Great Big Sea album), 1995 Up (R.E.M. album), 1998 Up (Peter Gabriel album), 2002 Up! (album), by Shania Twain, 2002 Up (soundtrack), for the Disney/Pixar film, 2009 Up (Pop Evil album), 2015 ====Songs==== "Up" (Aespa song), 2024 "Up" (Cardi B song), 2021 "Up" (Inna song), 2021 "Up" (James Morrison song), 2011 "Up" (Olly Murs song), 2014 "Up" (The Saturdays song), 2008 "Up!" (Bini & BGYO song), 2022 "Up!" (LoveRance song), 2011 "Up!" (Samantha Jade song), 2014 "Up!" (Shania Twain song), 2002 "Up", a 2021 song by Dune Rats "Up", a song by Kim Fowley from the 1968 album Outrageous "Up", a song by Justin Bieber from the 2010 album My World 2.0 "Up!", a song by M83 from the 2008 album Saturdays = Youth "Up", a song by Nav from the 2017 mixtape Nav "Up", a song by Oneohtrix Point Never from the 2011 album Replica "Up", a 2007 song by Rob Crow "Up", a song by the Scythe from the 2026 album Strictly 4 the Scythe "Up", a song by Take That from the 2017 album Wonderland ===Television=== Up (TV program), on MSNBC Up (film series), a British documentary series following several people over their lives Up (TV channel), formerly known as GMC RTLup, a German television channel VOXup, a sister German television channel of VOX (German TV channel) ===Other uses in arts and media=== Up, a 1968 novel by Ronald Sukenick Up (video game), based on the Disney/Pixar film Up!, a musical comedy also known as Via Galactica United Press, now United Press International ==Businesses and organizations== ===Businesses=== Up (airline), a former low-cost airline Bahamasair, IATA airline code UP Union Pacific Railroad Union Pearson Express, or UP Express, an airport rail link in Toronto, Canada Abbreviation for university press Up (Australian bank), a digital bank ===Political parties=== National Popular Party (Romania), a Romanian political party, "Uniunea Patrioților" in Romanian Patriotic Union (Colombia), a Colombian political party Labour United, a Polish political party, "Unia Pracy" in Polish Unidad Popular, a Chilean coalition of political parties Unidade Popular, a Brazilian political party Union for the Homeland, an Argentine political coalition, "Unión por la Patria" in Spanish United Party (disambiguation), any of several political parties Unity Party (disambiguation), any of several political parties ===Schools=== Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic Panamerican University, Mexico, "Universidad Panamericana" in Spanish Pancasila University, Indonesia Pedagogical University, Mozambique Umutara Polytechnic, Rwanda University of Patras, Greece University of Pennsylvania, United States University of the Philippines, national university system of the Philippines University of Phoenix, United States University of Poitiers, France University of Portland, United States University of Porto, Portugal University of Potsdam, Germany University of Pretoria, South Africa ===Other organizations=== UP Warriorz, an Indian T20 cricket team in the Women's Premier League ==Places== -up, a suffix in Australian place names United Provinces (disambiguation) University Park, Pennsylvania, United States University Park, Texas, United States Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States Uttar Pradesh, India Eup (administrative division), also spelled ŭp, an administrative unit in both North Korea and South Korea ==Science, technology, and mathematics== Uncertainty principle, a fundamental limit to measurement precision Unified Process, a software development process framework Unrotated projectile, an anti-aircraft weapon UP (complexity) Up (game theory) Up quark, in physics Upper Paleolithic, a stone age ==Other uses== Volkswagen Up, an automobile Up, a cocktail term Up, a railroad direction Up, a term in sports designating one's turn, similar to "at bat" in baseball Underpowered (game balance) Unitary patent, also known as "European patent with unitary effect", a type of European patent Universitas Pancasila railway station (coded IP) in Jakarta, Indonesia ==See also== Up Up Up Up Up Up, a 1999 album by Ani DiFranco Upp (disambiguation) Upward (disambiguation) Position (geometry) Straight up (bartending) ↑ (disambiguation) (up arrow) 1-up, an extra life in video games N-up, a printing page layout

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